Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-31

entire time TO the duties of his Office, and
to pay at least one visit annually to each
county in the state to enable old soldiers
TO present their cases to him. Requiring
the school district boards TO specify uni
form kinds of books to be used in schools
under penalty of the forfeiture of their
share of the common school fRud income.
Making the sale, giving away or exhibit
ing OF obscene literature or illustrations
punishable by a maximum Imprisonment
of three months or by fine not to exceed
500 Mr.. Taylor moved n suspension of
the rules and the passage OF bill S77 A, TO
incorporate the city of Barron. The mo-
ton prevailed and the,' bill passedd A
large number of senate bills We're con
Cured and the assembly adjourned.
FRIDAY March % Eii' h'.
Scn0ie.-Bills passed as follows Re
latng 10 town insurance Computations.
To amend chapter SS3 OF the laws of
1885. To provide tor the publication and
distribution of a second edition of the
roster of Wisconsin volunteers. Toamend
section 1924 of chapter G3 of the revised
statutes OF this state, entitled, "of the
relief aud support OF the poor and TO
provide for tie giving OF temporary mid
IN certain cases without requiring the
removal OF the poor or INDECENT person
to any poor or aims house
The following assembly bills were concur
red in: To amend section 55S, of chap
ter Is, of the revised statutes, entitled,
"of the distribution of the school fund in
come" Relating to mortgages of house
hold furniture, beds, bedding and family
wearing apparel. To provide for free
/ text books for public schools. To au-
thorizo the town boards of supervisors
/ TO suppress or license the keeping OF
| billiard tables, pool tables pigeon hole
/ tables, bowling alleys etc. For the APP
/ pointing of guardians of insane persons
in certain cases. Relating to the record
of deeds and other instruments for the
conveyance of lands. large number OF
/ bills were indefinitely POSTPONED md
tie senate adjourned till Monday eve
ming.
/ House.-The governor returned without
! his approval the bill making the wrong
/ full taking of dogs larceny on the ground
that it raised the dog to a dignity above
other domestic animals, aud that IL might
conflict with the laws now existing. The
/ veto WAS sustained by a vote of CT TO ..
| The following bills were passed. Proyid-
ing that the treasurer OF each town shall
annually withhold from tho several school
districts of his town one twentieth OF the
school fund income, together with one
| iitth OF all county and town taxes nunu-
ally issued Co secure said school fund in
como, the money TO be expended ia the
purchase Of school Libraries. Permitting
counties 60 aid towns in the construction
or repairing OF highways the counties TO
furnish an equal amount OF money with
the towns Requiring railway companies
i'm the state TO give FREQ transportation to
members of the legislature state officers
and judges OF courts OF record.
The following senate bills were cQncurrcd
in: Applying the registration law TO
Florence county. Relating to the MON
beers of the Family Protective assooia-
tion of Wisconsin. Permitting the
mother of minor child in case of the
death of the father, to appoint guard
ian for such child by her Inst win and
Testament, On motion Of Hammel the
assembly resolved itself into a committee
of the whole and after having gone
through with the bills in the general
file, rose and reported and without furth-
er action adjourned until Monday.
Tbp Largest Farm IN the world
Sc Louis Republican
"a the exsremu southwest corner Of
Louisiana lies the largest producing farm
in the world, IT runs 100 miles north
and south and several miles ease ana
vest and is owned and operated by
syndicate Of northern capitalists. Their
general manager, i. b. Watkins, gives an
interesting account OF this gigantic plan
, tntion, which throws tho great Daryimplo
farm in Dakota INTO the shado com
pletely.
"Tho 100000 acres Of our tract, 90 Mr..
Watkins said, was purchased in 1888
from the state of Louisiana and from the
United States govern ment, At that time
it was vast grazing ground for the cat
tie Of the few de2lers in the noighbor-
hood. When | took possession / found
over 10000 head of half wild horses and
cattle. My work was 60 divide the i'm.
monse tract into convenient pastures, es
tabishing stations or ranches every six
miles. The fencing alone cost In the
ueighborhood OF S50Oo0 Tho Land ]
found TO be best adapted TO rice, sugar
: corn and cotton All our cultiyhting
ditching, etc, is done by steam power
We take n tract, say half mile wide for
instance, and place an engine on each
side. The engines are portable and OPP
crate cable attached 70 four plows, and
under this arrangement we are able TO plow
thirty acres day with Only the labor Of
three men. Our harrQyipg, planting and
, other cultivation is done in like man
ner, in fact, there Is not a single dradght
horse on the entire place We have Of
course, horses for the herdors Of cattle,
Of which we now have 10000 head The
Southern Pacific railroad runs Tor 30
miles through our farm. We hayehhree
steamboats, operating pp the waters of
our own estate, upon which There are 300
miles of uavigable Writer'S We have an
ice house, bank, a shipyard aud rice
{ mill
Buying Mee.Nests
WAsnISGTos, March 2l.-Tho govern
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